8

that

Sat

an h

as in

geni

ousl

y pr

epar

ed to

dim

the

spir

itual

pe

rcep

tions

of t

hose

who

hav

e ha

d bu

t litt

le e

xper

ienc

e in

the

wor

king

s of

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

and

of

thos

e w

ho

re

mai

n sa

tisfie

d w

ith a

ver

y lim

ited

spir

itual

kno

wle

dge.

Th

e ef

fort

of s

educ

ers

has

been

to u

nder

min

e co

nfid

ence

in

the

tru

th o

f G

od

and

to m

ake

it im

poss

ible

to

di

stin

guis

h tr

uth

from

er

ror.

Won

derf

ully

pl

easi

ng,

fanc

iful,

scie

ntifi

c

pr

oble

ms

are

intr

oduc

ed a

nd u

rged

upo

n th

e at

tent

ion

of t

he u

nwar

y; a

nd

unle

ss b

elie

vers

are

on

thei

r gu

ard,

the

enem

y, d

isgu

ised

as a

n an

gel o

f lig

ht,

will

lead

them

into

fals

e pa

ths.”

Whi

te, E

vang

elis

m, p

.359

18

. H

ow w

ill t

he g

reat

con

trov

ersy

bet

wee

n C

hris

t an

d Sa

tan

final

ly

end

?

M

atth

ew 2

5:41

; Mal

achi

4:1

_

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

“I

n th

e cl

eans

ing

flam

es th

e w

icke

d ar

e at

last

des

troy

ed, r

oot a

nd b

ranc

h,--

Sata

n th

e ro

ot, h

is fo

llow

ers

the

bran

ches

. The

full

pena

lty o

f the

law

has

bee

n vi

site

d; th

e de

man

ds o

f jus

tice

have

bee

n m

et; a

nd H

eave

n an

d ea

rth,

beh

old-

ing,

dec

lare

the

rig

hteo

usne

ss o

f Je

hova

h… S

atan

's w

ork

of r

uin

is f

orev

er

ende

d.”

Whi

te, G

reat

Con

trov

ersy

, p.6

73

Frie

nds,

befo

re th

is g

reat

con

trove

rsy

is e

nded

ther

e w

ill b

e on

e fin

al c

onte

st be

twee

n th

e ch

urch

of

Sata

n, s

ymbo

lized

by

the

first

bea

st o

f R

evel

atio

n 13

, an

d th

e re

mna

nt o

f God

. Re

vela

tion

chap

ter 1

3 te

lls u

s ex

actly

who

this

bea

st

is, w

hat h

is m

ark

is a

nd w

ho w

ill b

e re

ceiv

ing

it. W

e w

ill fi

nd a

nsw

ers t

o th

ese

ques

tions

in o

ur n

ext s

tudy

. Is

it y

our

desi

re to

be

on th

e si

de o

f Jes

us in

this

grea

t con

trov

ersy

?

AN

SWE

RS: 1) It ended w

hen war broke out in heaven. 2) Jesus. 3) A

ll who w

orship God—

His church. 4) Satan. 5) A

Covering

Cherubim

—angel at the side of G

od’s throne. 6) No. H

e is a created being. 7) He becam

e prideful and wanted to be G

od. 8) Satan w

as kicked out of heaven and allowed to test m

an in Eden. 9) He has lied and deceived m

an using agents to persecute and kill. 10) The prom

ise of a Savior. 11) Rom

e—specifically ‘pagan’ R

ome. 12) N

o. He continues to attack G

od’s church to this day. 13) ‘papal’ R

ome. 14) B

y fierce persecution often resulting in the death of the believer if not converted to Catholicism

. 15) God used

the earth and it’s elements to hide H

is church from R

ome. 16) They keep the Ten C

omm

andments, including the fourth, and have

the gift of prophecy—a prophet. 17) B

eware of seducing spirits, false doctrines, false C

hrist's, and prophets. 18) Satan and his follow

ers will be com

pletely destroyed by fire… becom

ing ashes. 1

1.

Wha

t hap

pene

d to

the

unity

and

pea

ce th

at w

as o

nce

in a

ll C

reat

ion?

Rev

elat

ion

12:7

, 8

_

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

_ “[

The]

wor

k of

opp

ositi

on to

the

law

of G

od h

ad it

s be

ginn

ing

in th

e co

urts

of

heav

en, w

ith L

ucife

r, th

e co

veri

ng c

heru

b. S

atan

det

erm

ined

to b

e fir

st in

the

coun

cils

of h

eave

n, a

nd e

qual

with

God

. He

bega

n hi

s w

ork

of r

ebel

lion

with

th

e an

gels

und

er h

is c

omm

and,

see

king

to

diffu

se a

mon

g th

em t

he s

piri

t of

di

scon

tent

. And

he

wor

ked

in s

o de

cept

ive

a w

ay th

at m

any

of th

e an

gels

wer

e w

on

to

his

alle

gian

ce

befo

re

his

purp

oses

w

ere

fully

kn

own.

Ete

rnal

Tru

th M

inist

ries

Pres

ents

Les

son

12

“The

Gre

at C

ontr

over

sy”

Stud

ies o

n B

ible

Pro

phec

ySt

udie

s on

Bib

le P

roph

ecy

“...f

or th

e w

ords

are

clo

sed

up a

nd se

aled

till

the

time

of th

e en

d.”

Dan

iel 1

2:9

So fa

r in

our s

tudi

es o

f bib

le p

roph

ecy

we

have

not

ed th

at th

ere

are

two

side

s in

the

battl

e th

at

rage

s fo

r pl

anet

ea

rth.

D

eter

min

ing

exac

tly w

ho th

e pa

rtici

pant

s ar

e in

th

is co

smic

co

nflic

t is

ve

ry

impo

rtant

for u

s tod

ay fo

r it w

ill g

ive

us a

cl

eare

r id

ea

of

who

se

side

w

e m

ay

actu

ally

be

on.

Ver

y fe

w p

eopl

e w

ant t

o be

on

the

side

of e

vil b

ut th

e de

vil i

s ve

ry

dece

ptiv

e an

d th

ere

are

man

y w

ho a

re o

n th

e w

rong

sid

e in

this

bat

tle th

at

thin

k th

ey a

re o

n G

od’s

sid

e.

Let u

s no

w ta

ke a

clo

ser

look

at t

he G

reat

C

ontro

vers

y, w

hich

beg

an so

long

ago

…

2

Even

the

loya

l ang

els

coul

d no

t ful

ly d

isce

rn

his

char

acte

r, no

r se

e to

wha

t his

wor

k w

as

lead

ing.

W

hen

Sata

n ha

d su

ccee

ded

in

w

inni

ng m

any

ange

ls to

his

sid

e, h

e to

ok h

is ca

use

to G

od,

repr

esen

ting

that

it

was

the

de

sire

of

the

ange

ls t

hat

he o

ccup

y th

e

po

sitio

n th

at C

hris

t he

ld.

The

evil

cont

inue

d to

wor

k un

til t

he s

piri

t of

di

saffe

ctio

n ri

pene

d in

to a

ctiv

e re

volt.

The

n th

ere

was

war

in h

eave

n.”

Whi

te,

Seco

nd A

dven

t Rev

iew

& S

abba

th H

eral

d, Ja

nuar

y 28

, 190

9.

2.

Who

is th

is M

icha

el?

Dan

iel 1

0:13

; 12:

1; J

ude

9

_

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

Th

e na

me

Mic

hael

is

a tra

nslit

erat

ion

of t

he H

ebre

w M

ika

‘el

whi

ch m

eans

“w

ho is

like

God

.” A

s w

e w

ill s

ee la

ter i

n ou

r stu

dy, S

atan

wan

ted

to b

e lik

e G

od a

nd in

ord

er fo

r him

to d

o th

is h

e m

ust d

estro

y G

od.

Ther

efor

e, th

e gr

eat

cont

rove

rsy

is b

etw

een

Sata

n an

d Je

sus

and

not b

etw

een

Sata

n an

d an

act

ual

ange

l nam

ed M

icha

el.

For S

atan

to d

efea

t an

ange

l wou

ld n

ot m

ake

him

God

fo

r th

e Lo

rd w

ould

stil

l ex

ist!

A c

aref

ul e

xam

inat

ion

of t

he S

crip

ture

refe

renc

es to

Mic

hael

poi

nts

to th

e co

nclu

sion

that

he

is n

one

othe

r th

an o

ur

bles

sed

Lord

and

Sav

ior J

esus

Chr

ist.

3.

How

doe

s pro

phec

y sy

mbo

lize

Mic

hael

’s a

rmy

in th

is c

onfli

ct?

Rev

elat

ion

12:1

; Isa

iah

51:1

6 la

st p

art;

Jere

mia

h 6:

2

_

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

In

Old

Tes

tam

ent f

igur

es, t

he tr

ue c

hurc

h is

at t

imes

repr

esen

ted

by

a w

oman

. W

hen

the

chur

ch a

post

atiz

ed i

t w

as c

ompa

red

with

a

co

rrup

t w

oman

(se

e Je

r. 3:

20;

Eze.

23:

2–4)

. Th

e sa

me

figur

es a

ppea

r in

the

New

Tes

tam

ent (

see

2 C

or. 1

1:2;

Eph

. 5:

25–3

2;

Rev

. 17

:1–3

).

In

Rev

elat

ion

12

the

wom

an

re

pres

ents

the

true

chur

ch. S

ince

she

is p

rese

nted

as

abou

t to

give

birt

h to

Chr

ist (

see

vs. 2

, 4, 5

) an

d la

ter

as b

eing

per

secu

ted,

follo

win

g th

e as

cens

ion

of C

hris

t (vs

. 5, 1

3–17

), sh

e re

pres

ents

the

chur

ch o

f bo

th

the

Old

Tes

tam

ent a

nd th

e N

ew T

esta

men

t.

“A w

oman

[is

] a

figur

e w

hich

is u

sed

in th

e Bi

ble

as th

e sy

mbo

l of a

chu

rch,

a

virt

uous

wom

an r

epre

sent

ing

a pu

re c

hurc

h, a

vile

wom

an a

n ap

osta

te

chur

ch.”

Whi

te, G

reat

Con

trove

rsy,

pag

e 38

1.

“No

sym

bols

mor

e fit

ting

and

impr

essi

ve c

ould

be

foun

d th

an a

re h

ere

em

ploy

ed. T

he M

osai

c pe

riod

shon

e w

ith a

ligh

t bor

row

ed fr

om th

e C

hris

tian

Era,

ev

en

as

the

moo

n sh

ines

w

ith

light

bo

rrow

ed

from

th

e su

n.

7

That

the

rem

nant

is id

entif

ied

in s

uch

a w

ay in

dica

tes

that

the

com

man

dmen

ts

of G

od w

ill b

e es

peci

ally

con

trove

rted

in th

is s

trugg

le b

etw

een

the

drag

on a

nd

chur

ch. T

he id

entif

ier

of th

is la

st r

emna

nt i

s tw

ofol

d...

not

only

will

the

y be

ob

edie

nt to

God

's Te

n C

omm

andm

ents

, but

they

will

als

o be

dis

tingu

ishe

d by

th

e m

anife

stat

ion

of t

he g

ift o

f pr

ophe

cy i

n th

eir

mid

st.

The

“tes

timon

y of

Jesu

s C

hris

t,” is

the

witn

ess

of J

esus

in th

eir m

idst

thro

ugh

the

med

ium

of t

he

prop

hetic

gift

. The

y w

ill h

ave

a pr

ophe

t—th

e El

ijah

prop

het (

see

Mal

achi

4:5

). A

lso,

at

the

hear

t of

the

Ten

Com

man

dmen

ts i

s th

e Sa

bbat

h. T

he s

ign

of

ob

edie

nce

to th

e Te

n C

omm

andm

ents

is th

e ob

serv

ance

of

the

Sabb

ath.

Thu

s th

e id

entif

ying

mar

ks o

f G

od’s

las

t re

mna

nt i

s se

vent

h-da

y Sa

bbat

h ke

epin

g an

d pr

ocla

imin

g G

od’s

fina

l app

eal t

o th

e w

orld

to a

ccep

t the

gra

ciou

s gi

ft of

sa

lvat

ion—

the

prop

hecy

of R

evel

atio

n 14

:6-1

2.

“I

n th

e tw

elfth

cha

pter

of

Reve

latio

n is

rep

rese

nted

the

gr

eat

conf

lict

betw

een

the

obed

ient

and

the

dis

obed

ient

. Th

e si

gn o

f obe

dien

ce is

the

obse

rvan

ce o

f the

Sab

bath

of

the

four

th c

omm

andm

ent.

The

Sabb

ath

is a

tes

t to

thi

s ge

nera

tion.

In

obey

ing

the

four

th c

omm

andm

ent i

n sp

irit

and

trut

h, m

en w

ill o

bey

all t

he p

rece

pts

of th

e D

ecal

ogue

. To

ful

fil t

his

com

man

dmen

t on

e m

ust

love

God

sup

rem

ely,

an

d ex

erci

se l

ove

tow

ard

all

the

crea

ture

s th

at H

e ha

s m

ade.

The

tim

e is

com

ing

whe

n G

od's

peop

le w

ill f

eel

the

hand

of

pers

ecut

ion

beca

use

they

kee

p ho

ly th

e se

vent

h da

y. T

he m

an o

f sin

, who

th

ough

t to

cha

nge

times

and

law

s, an

d w

ho h

as a

lway

s

op

pres

sed

the

peop

le o

f G

od,

will

cau

se l

aws

to b

e m

ade

enfo

rcin

g th

e ob

serv

ance

of

the

first

day

of

the

wee

k. B

ut

God

's pe

ople

are

to

stan

d fir

m f

or H

im. L

et n

o on

e yi

eld

to t

empt

atio

n an

d

beco

me

less

fer

vent

in

his

atta

chm

ent

to G

od's

law

bec

ause

of

the

cont

empt

pl

aced

upo

n it;

for

that

is th

e ve

ry th

ing

that

sho

uld

mak

e us

pra

y w

ith a

ll ou

r he

art,

and

soul

, and

voi

ce, "

It is

tim

e fo

r Th

ee, L

ord,

to w

ork:

for

they

hav

e m

ade

void

Thy

law

." P

salm

119

:126

. Th

eref

ore,

bec

ause

of

the

univ

ersa

l

cont

empt

, I

will

not

tur

n tra

itor

whe

n G

od w

ill b

e m

ost

glor

ified

and

mos

t ho

nore

d by

my

loya

lty.”

Whi

te, T

he F

aith

I Li

ve B

y, p

age

291.

17

. W

hat

war

ning

s ar

e gi

ven

to

the

rem

nant

th

at

keep

th

e

com

man

dmen

ts o

f God

and

hav

e th

e te

stim

ony

of J

esus

?

1 Ti

mot

hy 4

:1; 2

Cor

inth

ians

11:

14; M

atth

ew 2

4:23

, 24

__

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

“C

hris

t for

etol

d th

at th

e go

ing

fort

h of

dec

eive

rs w

ould

be

acco

mpa

nied

with

m

ore

dang

er to

His

dis

cipl

es th

an w

ould

per

secu

tion.

Thi

s war

ning

is re

peat

ed

seve

ral

times

. Se

duce

rs,

with

the

ir s

cien

tific

pro

blem

s, w

ere

to b

e gu

arde

d ag

ains

t m

ore

care

fully

tha

n an

y ot

her

peri

l th

at t

hey

wou

ld m

eet;

for

the

entr

ance

of t

hese

sed

uctiv

e sp

irits

mea

nt t

he e

ntra

nce

of t

he s

peci

ous

erro

rs

6

“The

Hol

y Sp

irit

uses

this

floo

ding

to il

lust

rate

the

risi

ng u

p or

ove

rflo

win

g of

th

e ch

urch

's en

emie

s in

an

effo

rt t

o de

stro

y he

r. D

urin

g th

e 12

60 y

ears

of

Pa

pal

supr

emac

y, a

s a

resu

lt of

ser

pent

ine

prop

agan

da,

"the

wat

ers

[or

peop

le]

on w

hich

the

who

re s

its"

(Rev

elat

ion

17)

rose

up

to s

wee

p aw

ay th

e sa

ints

. Mul

titud

es w

ere

insp

ired

to m

ount

cru

sade

s ag

ains

t the

"he

retic

s" in

an

ende

avor

to s

wee

p aw

ay G

od's

peop

le.”

Coo

ke, W

ar o

n G

od's

Wom

an, p

ages

28

-29.

“C

hris

tians

wer

e fo

rced

to

choo

se e

ither

to

yiel

d th

eir

inte

grity

and

acc

ept t

he p

apal

cer

emon

ies a

nd w

orsh

ip,

or to

wea

r aw

ay th

eir

lives

in d

unge

ons

or s

uffe

r de

ath

by th

e ra

ck, t

he fa

got,

or th

e he

adsm

an's

axe.

Now

wer

e fu

lfille

d th

e w

ords

of J

esus

: "Y

e sh

all b

e be

tray

ed b

oth

by p

aren

ts, a

nd b

reth

ren,

and

kin

sfol

k, a

nd fr

iend

s; a

nd

som

e of

you

sha

ll th

ey c

ause

to b

e pu

t to

deat

h. A

nd y

e sh

all b

e ha

ted

of a

ll m

en f

or M

y na

me'

s sa

ke."

(Lu

ke 2

1:16

, 17

). Pe

rsec

utio

n op

ened

upo

n th

e

faith

ful w

ith g

reat

er fu

ry th

an e

ver

befo

re, a

nd th

e w

orld

bec

ame

a va

st b

attle

-fie

ld. F

or h

undr

eds

of y

ears

the

chur

ch o

f Chr

ist f

ound

re

fuge

in

secl

usio

n an

d ob

scur

ity.

Thus

sa

ys

the

prop

het:

"The

wom

an fl

ed in

to th

e w

ilder

ness

, whe

re s

he

hath

a p

lace

pre

pare

d of

God

, tha

t the

y sh

ould

feed

her

th

ere

a th

ousa

nd t

wo

hund

red

and

thre

e-sc

ore

days

."

Reve

latio

n 12

:6.”

Whi

te, G

reat

Con

trov

ersy

, pag

e 54

. 15

. H

ow d

id G

od in

terv

ene

to p

rote

ct th

e ‘w

oman

’ (H

is c

hurc

h)?

Reve

latio

n 12

:16.

_

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

“Six

tim

es i

n th

is c

hapt

er,

the

wor

d "e

arth

" is

use

d. O

ther

ter

ms

in t

his

ch

apte

r, su

ch a

s "t

he w

oman

", "

the

mou

th o

f the

ser

pent

", a

nd "

the

flood

", a

re

sym

bolic

. Sho

uld

we

unde

rsta

nd th

e te

rm "

eart

h"

to b

e sy

mbo

lic a

lso?

May

be i

t ha

s a

liter

al a

s w

ell a

s a

sym

bolic

app

licat

ion.

Did

God

em

ploy

th

e lit

eral

ele

men

ts of

the

ear

th,

the

natu

ral

wor

ld,

to d

eliv

er h

is sa

ints

fro

m d

estr

uctio

n

duri

ng th

ose

dark

yea

rs?

Yes,

He

cert

ainl

y di

d!

He

used

the

mou

ntai

n fa

stne

sses

, th

e is

olat

ed

valle

ys,

deep

for

ests,

sec

ret

cave

s, cl

oud

and

mis

t, w

ind

and

tem

pest

, w

ater

and

flo

ods

to

prot

ect a

nd d

eliv

er H

is p

eopl

e.”

Coo

ke, W

ar o

n G

od's

Wom

an, p

ages

30-

31.

16.

How

is th

e fin

al r

emai

ning

par

t of t

he c

hurc

h id

entif

ied?

Reve

latio

n 12

:17

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

3

How

app

ropr

iate

, the

refo

re, t

o re

pres

ent t

he fo

rmer

by

the

moo

n,

and

the

latte

r by

the

sun.

The

wom

an, t

he c

hurc

h, h

ad th

e m

oon

un

der

her

feet

; tha

t is,

the

Mos

aic

peri

od h

ad ju

st e

nded

, and

the

wom

an w

as c

loth

ed w

ith th

e lig

ht o

f the

gos

pel s

un, w

hich

had

ju

st r

isen

. By

ant

icip

atio

n th

e ch

urch

is

repr

esen

ted

as f

ully

orga

nize

d, w

ith it

s tw

elve

apo

stle

s, be

fore

the

man

chi

ld, C

hris

t,

appe

ared

up

on

the

scen

e.

It w

as

to

be

thus

co

nstit

uted

im

med

iate

ly a

fter

Chr

ist

shou

ld b

egin

His

min

istr

y; a

nd H

e is

m

ore

espe

cial

ly c

onne

cted

with

this

chu

rch

than

with

that

of t

he

form

er p

erio

d.”

Sm

ith, D

anie

l and

the

Rev

elat

ion,

p.5

50.

4.

W

ho i

s re

pres

ente

d by

the

dra

gon

that

is

fight

ing

agai

nst

Jesu

s?

Rev

elat

ion

12: 9

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“The

dra

gon

is s

aid

to b

e Sa

tan;

he

it w

as t

hat

mov

ed u

pon

Her

od to

put

the

Savi

our

to d

eath

. But

th

e ch

ief a

gent

of S

atan

in m

akin

g w

ar u

pon

Chr

ist

and

His

peo

ple

duri

ng t

he f

irst

cen

turi

es o

f th

e C

hris

tian

era

was

the

Rom

an E

mpi

re,

in w

hich

pa

gani

sm w

as t

he p

reva

iling

rel

igio

n. T

hus

whi

le

the

drag

on, p

rim

arily

, rep

rese

nts

Sata

n, it

is, i

n a

seco

ndar

y se

nse,

a s

ymbo

l of

pag

an R

ome.

” W

hite

, Gre

at C

ontr

over

sy, p

age

438.

5.

Wha

t was

Luc

ifer’

s pos

ition

in h

eave

n?

Ez

ekie

l 28:

14

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

_ In

the

earth

ly ta

bern

acle

, the

two

cove

ring

cher

ubim

wer

e by

the

Ark

of t

he C

oven

ant,

whi

ch s

ymbo

lized

the

thro

ne

of G

od. T

here

fore

, in

heav

en, L

ucife

r onc

e st

ood

by G

od's

thro

ne.

6.

Is

Luc

ifer,

kno

wn

toda

y as

Sat

an, a

God

gon

e ba

d?

Ez

ekie

l 28:

15

__

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

“Luc

ifer..

. had

bee

n th

e hi

ghes

t of a

ll cr

eate

d be

ings

, and

had

bee

n fo

rem

ost

in re

veal

ing

God

's pu

rpos

es to

the

univ

erse

.” W

hite

, Des

ire

of A

ges,

p.75

9.

7.

H

ow d

id S

atan

beg

in H

is r

ebel

lion

in h

eave

n?

Ez

ekie

l 28:

17; I

saia

h 14

:13-

14

__

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

4

Thro

ugh

prid

e,

selfi

shne

ss,

and

Jeal

ousy

, Lu

cife

r

co

rrup

ted

him

self

into

a d

evil.

Luc

ifer,

the

light

bea

rer,

beca

me

Sata

n, th

e ad

vers

ary.

He

bega

n to

qu

estio

n th

e go

vern

men

t and

cha

ract

er o

f God

. Sat

an h

ad to

reso

rt to

ly

ing

to d

o th

is.

Like

man

y to

day,

he

said

God

's la

w

coul

d no

t be

obey

ed. B

ecau

se o

f prid

e, h

e be

cam

e fil

led

with

hat

red.

A

third

of t

he a

ngel

s w

ere

fasc

inat

ed w

ith

his

talk

and

uni

ted

with

Sat

an. T

hen

he a

nd h

is a

ngel

s m

ade

war

in h

eave

n.

8.

H

ow w

as th

is c

ontr

over

sy tr

ansf

erre

d to

the

eart

h?

R

evel

atio

n 12

:9; L

uke

10:1

8; G

enes

is 3

:1-6

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“God

in

His

wis

dom

did

not

use

mea

sure

s of

for

ce t

o su

ppre

ss S

atan

's

rebe

llion

. Su

ch

mea

sure

s w

ould

ha

ve

arou

sed

sym

path

y fo

r Sa

tan,

st

reng

then

ing

his

rebe

llion

rat

her

than

less

enin

g hi

s po

wer

. If G

od h

ad a

t the

ou

tset

pun

ishe

d hi

s re

belli

on, m

any

mor

e w

ould

hav

e lo

oked

upo

n hi

m a

s on

e w

ho h

ad b

een

deal

t w

ith

un

just

ly, a

nd w

ould

hav

e fo

llow

ed h

is e

xam

ple.

It w

as

nece

ssar

y fo

r hi

m t

o ha

ve t

ime

and

oppo

rtun

ity t

o

deve

lop

his

fals

e pr

inci

ples

. The

re w

as w

ar in

hea

ven,

an

d th

e Pr

ince

of

life

over

cam

e th

e ap

osta

te.

Sata

n w

as c

ast o

ut o

f hea

ven,

with

the

ange

ls w

ho h

ad u

nite

d w

ith h

im.”

Whi

te, S

igns

of t

he T

imes

, Jul

y 23

, 190

2.

9.

W

hat h

as b

een

the

reco

rd o

f Sat

an’s

dea

ling

with

hum

anity

?

John

8:4

4; R

evel

atio

n 12

:10,

13-

16

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

10

. W

hat p

rom

ise

was

to b

e fu

lfille

d?

G

enes

is 3

:15;

Isai

ah 9

:6; R

evel

atio

n 12

:2, 5

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“God

's pr

omis

e to

Eve

in E

den

was

che

rish

ed b

y H

is pe

ople

. The

y w

aite

d lo

ng

for

the

com

ing

of th

e pr

omise

d "S

eed"

- C

hris

t (se

e G

alat

ians

3:1

6). T

he d

evil

also

wai

ted,

and

at e

very

turn

he

ende

avor

ed to

thw

art t

he p

lan

of h

eave

n to

sa

ve t

he w

orld

. M

any

times

he

alm

ost

succ

eede

d. W

hen

Jesu

s w

as b

orn

the

drag

on

was

th

ere

to

atta

ck

Him

. Es

cape

ca

me

by

fleei

ng

to

Egyp

t.

In th

e w

ilder

ness

the

drag

on le

aped

to a

ttack

, onl

y to

be

defe

ated

by

the

wor

d of

God

. Th

en a

ll th

e bl

ack

pass

ions

of

hate

wer

e le

t lo

ose

at G

olgo

tha.

Be

tray

ed a

nd

cruc

ified

, th

e w

orld

's Re

deem

er w

as

at

last

buri

ed i

n a

ro

ck-h

ewn

tom

b. H

ow e

vil t

rium

phed

! Bu

t on

ly f

or a

few

hou

rs.”

And

erso

n,

Unf

oldi

ng th

e Re

vela

tion,

pag

e 11

6.

5

11.

Thr

ough

wha

t na

tion

did

Sata

n tr

y to

des

troy

Chr

ist

and

the

earl

y

chur

ch?

Re

vela

tion

12:1

3; L

uke

2:1-

11; M

atth

ew 2

:16

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

In

pre

viou

s st

udie

s of

Dan

iel

we

lear

ned

that

the

re

wer

e fo

ur k

ingd

oms

that

wou

ld r

ule

the

earth

fro

m

Dan

iel’s

day

to

the

seco

nd c

omin

g of

Jes

us.

Thes

e ki

ngdo

ms

wer

e B

abyl

on,

Med

o-Pe

rsia

, G

reec

e, a

nd R

ome.

Of

thes

e ki

ngdo

ms,

the

four

th w

as ru

ling

at th

e fir

st a

dven

t of

Jes

us a

nd t

he e

arly

ap

osto

lic c

hurc

h. T

hat

kin

gdom

was

R

ome

durin

g it’

s fir

st s

tage

of

rule

…

spec

ifica

lly c

alle

d ‘p

agan

’ Rom

e.

12

. S

ince

Sat

an f

aile

d in

his

att

empt

to

dest

roy

Chr

ist

and

the

earl

y

chur

ch, d

id h

e gi

ve u

p hi

s fig

ht?

1 Pe

ter 5

:8; R

evel

atio

n 12

:17

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

13

. A

fter

the

fall

of ‘p

agan

’ Rom

e, th

roug

h w

hat p

ower

did

Sat

an w

ork?

Reve

latio

n 13

:1, 2

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“In

the

sixt

h ce

ntur

y th

e pa

pacy

had

bec

ome

firm

ly e

stab

lishe

d. I

ts s

eat o

f pow

er w

as fi

xed

in

the

impe

rial

city

, an

d th

e bi

shop

of

Rom

e w

as

decl

ared

to

be t

he h

ead

over

the

ent

ire

chur

ch.

Paga

nism

had

giv

en p

lace

to

the

papa

cy.

The

drag

on h

ad g

iven

to th

e be

ast "

his

pow

er, a

nd h

is

seat

, an

d gr

eat

auth

ority

." R

evel

atio

n 13

:2.

And

now

beg

an t

he 1

260

year

s of

pap

al o

ppre

ssio

n fo

reto

ld i

n th

e pr

ophe

cies

of

Dan

iel

and

the

Reve

latio

n.”

Whi

te,

Gre

at

C

ontr

over

sy, p

age

54

14.

How

did

‘pa

pal’

Rom

e tr

y to

des

troy

the

‘w

oman

’ du

ring

the

126

0

year

s?

Re

vela

tion

12:1

4-15

. Com

pare

Isai

ah 5

9:19

, Jer

emia

h 46

:7-8

.

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____

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____

____

____

__

Vatic

an C

ity